Dewey posits that education leads to free inquiry, and free inquiry leads to a richer society, but he lacks a description of exactly what a richer society looks like'. Dewey believed that education should arise in and through the everyday events of life, that it should be based on the interests of the child and that the child should be actively involved in their own learning. He is often credited with the saying "children learn by doing' Dewey opposed content-driven education, arguing that the child's interests should drive their education